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IDF publishes video of Gaza terrorist attacking troops with grenade, knife
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF releases footage from an incident in southern Gaza over the weekend, in which a Hamas operative hurled a grenade and rushed at troops with a knife.
The clip shows soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade shooting at an unknown target amid an operation near the home of the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, before a grenade explodes near them.
One of the soldiers turns around to see a Hamas operative approaching the troops with a knife. The soldier opens fire, killing the operative.
The IDF says the operative was also armed with another grenade.
No soldiers were hurt in the incident.